The Portland daily press., 1887-03-12
The REFORM School.

tne resolve.
The Reform School.
The appropriation for the Reform Schoo
was up in the Senate today. An item Of
81, 400 for the purchase of farm was strick
en- out in spite Of the efforts of Senators Nor
cross and Wallace. The rest of the appropri-
alton, $4,000 for 1887 and $4,000 for 1888
was passed. In the course of the debate
considerable hostility was shown to the
school, one senator saying it would be cheap
er TO board the boys at first-cass hotel than
to keep them at the school. The appropria-
tons will now 30 the House.
The Sale of Opium.
The bill regulating the sale of opium is on
its way through the legislature. This is the
bill in full:
Sec. 1. No person, except a registered apothe.
gary or physician OF regular standing in his pro.
Iessloh shall furnish, sell, or keep for sale, any
Sec: 2. ANY person violating this act shall be
punished ss, BY fine Of not less than five nor more
tnan nifty dollars for each offence, to be recovered
Dy complaint or indictment.
Prison Labor.
Prison labor was discussed in the Senate
today and the bin reported by the judiciary
committee was adopted. This bill would not
allow more than ten per cent. of the convicts
to be employed in any industry in which free
laborers of this State find employment. No
appropriation is made in this bill for the ex-
pertinent of the prison committee. The bill
which was put aside appropriated $4,000 for
the experiment.
To Bar Out the Quacks.
The medical registration bill has been re-
ported favorably from the committee on
legal affairs: There was never better time
Tor putting it through the legislature, for GO
ing along almost hand in hand with it are the
reports of the investigating committee on the
operations of the Druidic University and the
Eclectic Medical College.
The Militia's Uniforms.
The House and Senate are disagreeing as
to whether it will be best to appropriate
$1,000 for uniforms of the militia. There is
no question that the new clothes are needed
very very much, and there is no doubt either that
the appropriations of this legislature are
mounting up very fast. 1t seems to be
CONFLICT between pride and poverty.
The Protection Of Mackerel.
The bill amending the law so that mack
erel may be caught in shore passed the
House all right yesterday, but was hung up
in the Senate this morning. Senator Hinck-
ley, chairman OF the committee on fisheries
should be included in the protective law, and
SO has put the bill on the table for further
consideration.
The Small MIX Quart.
The House bill to repeal the newly made
law changing the milk quart, has been indef-
initely postponed in the Senate. 1t looks
now as though the small quart had come to
stay.
Boston & Maine.
The Senate has not followed the example
of the House in indefinitely postponing the
Boston q Maine consolidation bill, but has
put the bill on the table and assigned next
Tuesday for its consideration.
The Age of Consent.
The conference committee appointed to
consider the disagreement of the House and
Senate over the age of consent have not re-
ported.
Notes.
Senator Libby has been President pro TEN.
of the Senate today, President Marble hav-
ing slight cold.
The appropriation of $4,000 for the State
Board of Health has been passed to be en-
crossed.
Acts Approved.
These additional acts have been approved
and signed by the Governor:
PUBLIC ACTS.
An act to amend Chap. A of the revised stat
utes relating to peddler's licenses.
An act to establish Arbor Day.
An act additional TO and amendatory of sec 80
OF chap. Of the revised statutes relating to the
collection Of highway taxes on lands Gin unincor.
porated places.
An act to amend sec of chap. 1s of the revis-
ed statutes relating to the location of highways.
mails against fraudulent registration and mlsrep-
resentation.
An act to provide for securing the rights Of
An act to amend sec. IA of chap. 2S4 of the pub
laws of 1886 relating to surety companies
An act act Fixing M the salary Of the adjutant general
sised statutes relative to Widows Dover.
PRIVATE AND SPECIAL LAWS.
An act to incorporate the Eastern Trust and
Banking Company.
din and Patten Railroad Company.
An act to amend sec. / of chap. AGO OF the Pri-
yate and Special Laws of 1885 relative to throw
ing refuse into Meduxneag stream.
An act to incorporate the Bath Electric Light
and Power Company.
An act to grant special power to School District
No. in the town OF Springfield.
An act to make valid the organization of the
Lake.
An act to incorporate the Kennebec Trust Com
pany.
An act to authorize the extension of the York
Harbor and Beach railroad.
An act to increase the capital stock of the Bar
Harbor Water Company.
An act to incorporate the Lamoine and Eden
Steam Ferry Company.
An act to incorporate the Greene and Iced
Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
An act to authorize Abby Holmes and Joseph p.
Hurd to erect and maintain piers and dams In
Aroostook river, In the town of Fort Fairfield
An act relating to Madawaska Training School.
An act to amend chap. 120 Of the private and
special laws OF 1872 entitled ian act to incorpo-
rate the Penobscot Central Railroad Companyo
as amended by chap. 416 of the private and spe-
cial laws of 1874, and to extend the time Tor
building SAID road.
An act relative to the Indian lands in Washing
ton county.
An act to legalize the doings of Wade planta-
tion.
An act to incorporate the Sagadahoc Real Es-
tate Association.
An act authorizing the construction Of a rail-
ROAD In tide waters in the tows of York and Wells
An act to incorporate the Pumgustuck Water
Company.
An act to incorporate the Roumekaka Trust
and Banking Company.
= An act to incorporate the Diamon Illuminating
Company.
An act to authorize Sam D. Leayitt to extend his
wharf into tide waters.
An act to incorporate the Pleasant River I'M.
provement Company.
An act to supply the people of Dexter village
and vicinity with pure water.
An act to incorporate the Southwest Harbor
Water Company.
THE OCEAN RACE.